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ERIC Number: EJ430228
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0158-7919
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Student Drop-Out from a Distance Education Project Course: A New Method of Analysis.
Eisenberg, Eli; Dowsett, Tony
Distance Education, v11 n2 p231-53 1990
Describes a study that examined student attributes and achievements in previous Open University courses to determine what effect they had on the drop-out rate and achievement in a project work course. The use of partial order structuple (scalogram) analysis (POSA) is explained, and the results for occupation and previous course performance are highlighted. (14 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Distance Education, Dropout Rate, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Predictor Variables, Statistical Analysis, Student Characteristics, Tables (Data)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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